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    my sons fave books, that mummy is absolutly OVEVR reading, are i love you stinky face, hungry caterpillar, wombat stew and all the dreamtime books, but im not over reading the dreamtime ones as they were my faves to!

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    I don't have an absolute fave, but love Aussie books like Possum Magic, Edward the Emu and Diary of a Wombat. All beautiful book and so many more!
    Oh and I love reading 'Ten little fingers and ten little toes' to my girls, just so cute.

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    Another "Ten little fingers and ten little toes" fan here. DD loves looking at the pictures of the babies.

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    Guess how much I love you and We're going on a bear hunt.
    A lovely classic story is the Velveteen Rabbit.
    Winnie the Pooh (box set), my DH read the whole series to my DS1, it was a bedtime routine and DS1 loved it when he was a toddler.

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    Does anyone remember the name of the book about the Chinese Brothers?

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    Does anyone remember the name of the book about the Chinese Brothers?
    The Five Chinese Brothers?

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    for the chinese borthers one, I was going to suggest "rikitikitango"...that is a good rhythm read aloud.

    Another great read aloud is :have you seen my potty?

    by i like "the mole who knew it was none of his business" crack up!

    all the books mentioned so far love 'em

    and i agree that book makes you cry - esp. when pregnant!

    My daughter loves the where's wally books (not reallyreading books though)

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    Yeah, one of them had a metal neck or something so he could have his head cut off, and the others all had other things too... pmsl Helpful much?

    ETA: Googled and yep The Five Chinese Brothers! lol Thank you! It has been doing my head in for years.

    Totally love Strega Nona too!

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    Where Is The Green Sheep was given to us as a gift and it's just so cute! Can't wait until DD can actually understand when we read it, ha ha.

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    Oh my gosh favourite children's books well having worked in childcare for some time now I have to many, but I must say I love the ones where you can really add something to the story by using voices etc, A lot have been mentioned some of my fav's are:
    The Gruffallo
    Edward the emu and Edwina the Emu
    Possum Magic
    The very hungry caterpillar
    Tiger in a pink hat
    Wombat stew
    Room on the broom
    Brown bear
    Rumble in the Jungle.

    Just to name a few, but there are so many wonderful books out there for children these days.

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    ten little fingers and toes is a favourite here.

    There was a program on ABC2 called bookaboo that had some fantastic books on it but I can't remember any of the names. A couple of stand outs include little red riding hood from the wolf's perspective and one about a farting little boy. Excellent ones.

    ETA: found the websites, some of the good books were:

    Pooh Is That You Bertie by David Roberts

    That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
    by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton

    Splat the Cat
    by Rob Scotton

    The Cow That Laid an Egg
    by Andy Cutbill & Russell Ayto

    Grill Pan Eddy
    by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross A great rhyming one

    The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood
    by Toby Forward & Izhar Cohen
    Last edited by Little Chicken; January 28th, 2011 at 03:53 PM.